what is alot of miles for a harley ? i was going to buy a 89 1200 sportster with 25,000 miles on it for $ 2500 or 91 883 with 4,000 miles it for $ 2,200 my cash that i have is 2.000 to 2.500 if you no of a Harley near Easton PA let me no soon you can call me John on my cell 1-908-235-9115 THANK YOU

 

What! ....

 

You'll probably get a lot of different answers on that question. With the bikes you're looking at even though they both have low miles I would be concerned with things freezing up and drying out. But heck, its only a couple thousand bucks worth a shot if you do your own work in my book. Sounds like a good project bike. Good luck!

 

I don't know what the difference in those between those two model years.

I would not buy a 25000 mile bike when I can get a 4000 mile bike and that is $200 less.

The 883 will be fast enough to get speeding tickets and take turns fast enough to go off the road on a curve.

Lower mileage say's there will be less repairs as you own it. That translates you will be able to ride now and save money to buy the model Harley that you really want.

 

25K isn't squat as far as milage goes and for the difference in price, I'd want the 1200 over the 883.

 

I am not so sure about that... a 20 year old bike with only 4000 miles would be very concerning to me. I think I would rather have a bike that has been ridden a little more than that over a 20 year period.

 

Same here, I wouldn't go near a 20 year old bike with 4,000 miles unless I was planning on rebuilding the thing.

 

Yeah! That÷1.

 

Bike was ridden a 200 miles a year over 20 years to get 4000 miles on it. Time to tear that puppy down and rebuild.

 

25000 is not alot for that year of bike at all. My 2007 1200 has 18700 on it. The 883 with 4000 miles is not bad, but like was said lot of stuff can dry up and there can be alot of sludge in the egine and oil bag. A 1200 is always better than an 883, but for the price range you are in you can't be too picky.